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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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The Sanitary Work done by the Inspectors will
be seen by reference to the following Tables, &c.
Return showing the Number and Nature of Nuisances removed
or abated in the Parish of Lambeth, from the 1st January,
to the 31st December, 1884.
Number of Cases
3727
Sanitary Act.
Notices served and Verbal
836
Small Pox
322
Scarlet Fever
194
Typhoid
65
Typhus
I
Measles
225
Diphtheria
38
Chicken Pox
3
Diarrhœa
88
Total
836
Nuisances Removal Act.
Notices served
1466
Dirty Premises, &c
437
Defective or Stopped Drains
1414
Defective Water Supply
171
Removals of Manure, &c.
156
Foul Urinals
19
Offensive Gullies
37
Animals improperly kept
1
Bad Meat destroyed
1
Bad Fish destroyed
2
Trade Nuisances
1
Total
2239
Verbal Notices
773